A community sensitization programme for palliative care workers in Mussoorie, was conducted by Dr. Divya Mishra, an alumni of the NFPM program of Palliative Medicine and consulting physician at LBSNAA, Mussoorie, where the book was first introduced in English. As many volunteers in Northern India are not well versed in English so, the need to…
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Indian Association of Palliative care (IAPC) takes the position that access to palliative and end of life care (EOLC) is a human right. Therefore everyone with a life limiting illness has a right to a life free from pain, symptoms and distress; psychosocial and spiritual, and has the right to a dignifi ed life that…
Read MoreA Joint Position Statement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) and the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC). Sheila Nainan Myatra, Naveen Salins, Shivakumar Iyer, Stanley C. Macaden, Jigeeshu V. Divatia, Maryann Muckaden, Priyadarshini Kulkarni, Srinagesh Simha, Raj Kumar Mani
Read MoreThe Indian Association of Palliative Care opposes euthanasia in all its forms. Good symptom control through palliative care can pre-empt the request for euthanasia. Withholding orwithdrawing treatment that is medically futile does not amount to euthanasia.
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